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can i wear a crop top to recruitment?

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I wear a lot of crop tops and have my navel pierced; would it be better to dress more conservatively during recruitment?

Posted By: curious
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i think maybe on the two unity days you could, but personally i wouldn't risk it. rush is about making good impressions and you never know if it could adversely affect your chances. plus u have all the rest of college and life to wear crop tops so i'd maybe just opt out of wearing one during recruitment

By: ehhh
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Thanks for the info! I'll stick to longer shirts and dresses then :)

By: curious
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without a doubt... no cropped tops... no visible bellybutton piercings or overly outlandish cleavage should be shown during recruitment if you want to be considered for Kappa or Pi Phi. conservative yet stylish dress leaves a better impression :)

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by: lol   

"if you want to be considered for kappa or pi phi" give me a break

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by: hmm   

just the truth :)

By: hmm
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crop top with high waisted on first two days would prob be okay!

By: well
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Not sure where you are from but my suggestion is to go onto you tube and take a look at some of the videos where people talk about what they wear for each day of recruitment. Not saying this is a foolproof way to prepare for our school as we are a bit more relaxed but it will give you a better idea about what works and what doesn't. Keep in mind that with so many people going through recruitment that the message you are sending out to people is largely reflected by your personal energy and what you are wearing. If you think a crop top and visible piercing are the image you are going for then by all means wear the crop top and show off the piercing. But I can tell you based on looking at what people are wearing now for a few years that I DID NOT see any crop tops last year and did not see much in the way of visible piercings. This is not to say people didn't have piercings, but they certainly didn't show them off. IMO crop tops are for super casual situations and not for recruitment. Just my opinion.

By: uae
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Downvote on crop tops, ripped jeans, short shorts, old tattered anything, cleavage of ANY kind UNLESS you believe any of these things are totally 'you' and the image you want to portray to the world. All choices have consequences and I don't think the consequences of wearing any of these items would be at all positive based on prior years of recruitment. Just saying. In general when in doubt keep it conservative.

By: gourd
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Watch the short dresses and rompers. Last year a number of PNMs had dresses that were so short that they couldn't really comfortably sit down. It was a running joke in our house to ask the super short dress people to sit down when it was obvious that they couldn't. Whole thing was a bit of a joke. Not sure why people can't find a dress length that at least covers their ass when they sit down. Quite a mystery.

By: nan
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wow.... cough alpha phi cough

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by: pop   

Not sure what house the OP was from but we too had so many people in super short dresses come through and it was obvious that they couldn't sit down anyplace in the house without exposing themselves. In the beginning we laughed about it but at a certain point it was nuts because nobody could sit down and we were all standing around (very exhausting for us BTW as it would have been rude to sit and have them stand). Memo to PNMs: you will be asked to sit at some point so please wear a dress that covers your ass when you sit down!!!!!!!!!!!!! For the sake of the people in the houses that you will be visiting WHO WANT TO SIT, please do us a favor and wear clothing that allows you to sit. I will never forget the person that wore short shorts that were so tight that when she sad down they split with a big rip (we got her some duct tape so she could go back to dorm and change but we also quickly got her name and eliminated her for inappropriate clothing that honestly belonged on the beach!). PS, I'm NOT an APhi but our house takes appropriate clothing seriously for the most part!

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by: nic   

I'm totally laughing about this entire topic as I think its a real issue. I do think that APhi would be one of the houses where the super short dresses would be appreciated and my guess is that none of the sisters in the house would be able to sit as their dresses are so short that it wouldn't be possible. I can totally picture an entire house of APhi sisters teetering around in super high heels wearing dresses that don't permit them to sit and then everyone passing out after standing around in heels for 5+ hours because they couldn't sit down. Totally hilarious but also totally probable! Any reports on APhi outfits would be appreciated as we go through recruitment as god knows we will need some laughs on here!

By: nic
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I think the original short dress comment came from KKG. Ran into so many Kappas last year that complained about not being able to sit down. Couldn't figure out what they were talking about but it must have been the short dress issue. Mystery solved. But I can totally see a house full of APhi's not able to sit down either which is a hilarious image. I also guess that if you want to be an APhi that you should wear a dress that doesn't cover your ass!

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No. Just NO. How did you get into our school and ask a question like this? Really. I just want to put my head in the sand and pray that we don't have too many people like this going through recruitment. Actually I changed my mind, it would be hilarious to have a crop top mob this year. Everyone wear crop tops and it will honestly make our jobs sooooo much easier. Go Crop or Go HOME!

By: wen
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It should be Go Crop and Go Home! Like the sound of this. Maybe we should try to come up with more pithy nuggets to suggest to the PNMs? But last year certainly had some dress to not impress moments that were quite sad. All I can say is to wear shoes you won't fall over in and keep your top and bottom covered. If you can pull this off then you will be ok. I think we are relaxed in our standards and so many people last year dressed like they were going to play beach volleyball.

By: yan
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Please look at the Panhel website/manual to get an idea of what to wear each day. Be sure to wear comfortable shoes as heels are quite a challenge and you will be on you feet for a very long time. Last year some people brought flats in a bag and then left the bags outside the house. I guess if I were short I might do this but for avg height and above people just a moderate heel will be totally fine. I think someone else posted about this last year but someone got both their heels caught in a grate and had to be rescued as she couldn't move to escape. Her shoes couldn't be rescued so she had to go barefooted which I am sure eliminated her from a good number of houses. All in all a tragedy and all because she was wearing the wrong shoes.

By: only
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This story totally happened last year in front of our house. We had to rush out and help the poor PNM. She was totally stuck and in tears. The shoes were goners and we couldn't even get them out of the grate. We also had someone do a face plant on our front steps. She was in platforms and the uneven walkway totally tripped her up. I do give her credit though she cleaned up her skinned knees and kept on going.

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